Prevention Of Juvenile Delinquency Research Articles

Programmatic Mentoring for LGBTQ+ Youth as Early Prevention for Juvenile Detention

While juvenile arrests have markedly declined over the last decade, LGBTQ+ youth (and particularly those of color) continue to be overrepresented in the juvenile justice system due to a cascade of environmental stressors and systemic factors, including trauma exposure, familial rejection, increased surveillance, disproportionate school suspension, and housing instability. The deleterious effects and economic costs of juvenile detention are well documented. Once detained, sexual and gender diverse (SGD) youth face heightened risk of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Decades of research have demonstrated that community mentoring programs help prevent juvenile delinquency and incarceration. Although the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides funding to mentoring programs, LGBTQ+ youth continue to report a dearth of mentors. This policy brief provides recommendations for mentoring programs to better recruit, include, retain, and serve LGBTQ+ youth.

EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS CAUSING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY BY FULL CONSISTENCY METHOD

Juvenile delinquency is the consequence of complex and comprehensive interactions with multiple risk factors. The experimental research highlighted that the public authorities have conducted tremendous efforts to determine juveniles at risk of delinquency and the factors related to delinquency, as well. Nevertheless, the basic research gap is to investigate which risk factor is more significant than others for allocating the limited resources and efforts. To close this gap, in this study, the Full Consistency Method (FUCOM) was utilized to determine the significance degrees of factors that cause juvenile delinquency. The findings indicate that the most significant risk factors causing juvenile delinquency are out and away “Family” and “Economic and Social Factors Relevant factors are of vital importance in determining both the social aspects and broader perspective on juvenile delinquency. In the planning phase of strategies to be developed for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, it is defined, which risk factor may be focused on to what extent, and which risk factor should be allocated more resources and effort to prevent juvenile delinquency more effectively. Besides, it has been concluded that the FUCOM method can be utilized effectively for juvenile delinquency decision-making analysis.

Addressing the Loophole for Juvenile Status Offenses

Juvenile status offenses were created to protect against unnecessary physical detention of juveniles. Petty actions by teenagers are expected. Researchers have found that physically detaining juveniles in detention centers for behaviors such as truancy, running away, etc., did more harm than good. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 was enacted to create guidelines and prevent unnecessary detainment of juveniles. An amendment to the act in 1980 allowed judges to detain juveniles regarding status offenses if specific criteria were met. What seemed to be a minor change sought to protect juveniles from their own unruly conduct, i.e., running away or violating a court order. Ultimately, discretion to detain a juvenile began to be used very often. The undermining of status offenses has gained attention from many officials. The North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum, did not hesitate to sign House Bill 1035 when it was made available to his office. The bill addresses the loophole, though the benefit has yet to be measured.

HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE POLICY IN THE FIELD OF PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN SOVIET RUSSIA IN 1917-1935

The article is devoted to the analysis of legislation in the field of combating child homelessness in Soviet Russia in the 1920s and 1930s. It examined the most important legislative acts and regulatory documents that determined the state's policy to eliminate homelessness and work with juvenile offenders. It is reviewed the chronological period including two decades. It is allowed to the authors to trace the formation and development of the Soviet system for the prevention of juvenile delinquency in accordance to the new National Security Strategy, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated of 02.07.2021.

The role of traditions and customs in the prevention of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Relevance. The relevance of the study is due to the need to develop theoretical ideas about the role of traditions and customs in the prevention of juvenile delinquency in Kazakhstan, which is only growing every year. This paper presents a general characteristic of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is based on the analysis of data related to the prevention of youth crime in Kazakhstan using various approaches and tools.Purpose. The purpose of this study was to provide a general picture of juvenile delinquency in Kazakhstan and identify the importance of religious, spiritual, family, moral, cultural, and national traditions and customs in the fight against this phenomenon.Methodology. The study uses methods of statistical analysis, analogy and generalisation, and formal-legal and formal-logical approaches.Results. The study identified the features and importance of the introduction of religious, spiritual, family, moral, cultural, and national traditions and customs in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Special attention is paid to how these factors can influence the formation of positive values, ethical principles, and norms of behaviour among young people. The study also describes the role of the state and society in the prevention of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Various strategies and measures taken by the state and the contribution of public organisations and other social institutions in the process of preventing and combating crime among young people are considered.Conclusions. The results of the study can be useful for the development of effective strategies and programmes for the prevention of crime among young people in Kazakhstan, based on the cultural and social characteristics of this country.

The Connection between the Disciplinary Rules of Primary and Secondary Education and Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

The Connection between the Disciplinary Rules of Primary and Secondary Education and Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

Causes and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency from the Perspective of Social Control Theory —Take the Case of Five Teenagers who Killed and Split Their Bodies in Hangzhou as an Example

Causes and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency from the Perspective of Social Control Theory —Take the Case of Five Teenagers who Killed and Split Their Bodies in Hangzhou as an Example

ASSESSING THE EFFICACY AND CHALLENGES OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT (JJDPA) IN THE US JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974 stands as a significant federal law in the United States, aiming to establish federal standards for treating youth within the criminal and juvenile justice systems. This paper assesses the effectiveness of the JJDPA's application in the juvenile justice system while highlighting the challenges encountered during its implementation.

On the Construction of a New Juvenile Delinquency Prevention System in China —The Perspective of “the Fengqiao Model” in the New Era

On the Construction of a New Juvenile Delinquency Prevention System in China —The Perspective of “the Fengqiao Model” in the New Era

Relationship between Perceived Maternal Rejection and Neuroticism Delinquency Risk Trait among Female Juvenile Delinquents in Selected Rehabilitation Institutions in Kenya

Juvenile delinquency has been a major problem in most parts of the world including Kenya due to its complexities attributed to its dynamic nature among different categories of children. Gender-based delinquency prevalence studies have identified female juvenile delinquency to be a developing key delinquency challenge as compared to male juvenile delinquency. In addition, research indicates that female juvenile delinquents are more prone to mental health problems attributed to incarceration experiences as compared to male juvenile delinquents. The need to focus more on female juvenile delinquency risk and protective factors studies is thus crucial so as to unravel the prevailing juvenile female delinquency complexities. The purpose of the study was therefore to examine the relationship between perceived maternal rejection and neuroticism delinquency risk trait among female juvenile delinquents in selected rehabilitation institutions in Kenya. Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) was identified to be the key theory that provided the theoretical framework for this study. The research was a correlational study and employed a survey research design in data collection. The study involved 186 female juvenile delinquents incarcerated in selected rehabilitation institutions in Kenya. Purposive sampling was used to select the three government girls’ rehabilitation institutions in Kenya involved in this study. Maternal Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire and Neuroticism Questionnaire were used to collect data. The Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) version 25 aided in the analysis of quantitative data. To establish the levels of perceived maternal rejection and neuroticism, the data were subjected to descriptive statistics analysis for calculations of percentages, means and frequencies. The data was also subjected to inferential statistical analysis and employed Spearman’s Rank correlation to establish the relationship between maternal rejection and neuroticism. The analyzed data was then presented in form of tables. The study findings indicated that the participants perceived more of maternal rejection than acceptance (M = 163.8) and significantly high levels of neuroticism (M = 28.33). The study found that there was a moderate positive correlation between the perceived maternal rejection and neuroticism [rs(186) = .565, p < .001] among its participants. Understanding of this relationship and its moderators can help in designing accurate female juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment programs.

Special Correctional Education under the Classification of Delinquent Behavior

Special correctional education, as a unique disposition measure for delinquent behaviour, has independent attributes that distinguish it from special education as a "punitive measure with protective purpose." The newly revised "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency" does not clearly distinguish between "delinquent behaviour" and "public order offenses" and fails to reflect the requirements of hierarchical prevention. To promote the improvement of special correctional education, it is necessary to establish a classification system for its application criteria, build independently designated schools, design diverse and dynamic disposition measures, improve the decision rules for measure application, and construct comprehensive correctional content to shape the operation of special correctional education for delinquent minors. This will address the practical dilemma of releasing delinquent youth without appropriate follow-up measures and achieve the goals of rehabilitating delinquent minors, reinstating the rights of victims, and restoring social order.

Policy Implications and Cost of Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: A Willingness Survey of College-Educated-Adults for Communities That Care

The juvenile crimes and problem behaviors discussed above tend to come to a head within the local communities where juvenile crimes are often committed. Gaining a community-level appreciation of juvenile crime is essential because national statistics often make readers feel that their neighborhood might be exempt. Drug abuse is undoubtedly a global issue. American experts have monitored and published critical drug prevention studies conducted in other continents and nations outside of the Americas for more than a decade. Thus, the main goal of this current research study is to provide insights into the cost of preventing juvenile delinquency through a willingness survey of college-educated adults for communities that care and proffer policy solutions. One such study is a co-twin controls study conducted in Australia (Lynskey et al., 2003). The study conclusions and recommendations are an essential foundation for future studies relating to this WITS4CTC perspective. While the tone in this study discussion may seem to imply that colleges have done little to support CTC, it remains impossible to know whether some have tried, however secretly, to support CTC outside the radar of CTC researchers and social scientists. Even more importantly, there may be some, amongst the thousands, who sincerely wish to help with CTC but lack a model that can remotely serve as a guide. If any such latent supportive CEAs and colleges exist already, then this work could not have come a moment too soon. Therefore, It is hoped that this would benefit many CEAs and CTC stakeholders.

Retracted: Echoing Mechanism of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Occupational Therapy Education Guidance Based on Artificial Intelligence.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/9115547.].

The Role of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Preventing Juvenile Delinquency at Budi Agung Private High School Medan

In this globalized world, juvenile delinquency and other lawlessness are common news. In addition, many teenagers commit fights and murders. This study examines how PAI teachers at SMA Swasta Budi Agung Medan reduce juvenile delinquency as well as the supporting and inhibiting variables. Thus, PAI teachers can foster children to identify their problems and prevent juvenile delinquency in this day and age. Every educator can instill Islamic ideals from the Qur'an and Hadith in their students. Thus, this study examines the involvement of PAI teachers in preventing juvenile delinquency at SMA Swasta Budi Agung Medan to prevent environmental and national crimes. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with phenomenological approach to collect primary data through observation and in-depth interview as well as secondary data from journals, books, and articles. The results of the research regarding the prevention of juvenile delinquency with optimal Islamic religious education. Prevention of juvenile delinquency includes including adolescents in religious activities and other good activities to build character.

Профилактика правонарушений, совершаемых несовершеннолетними на объектах транспорта

The article examines the importance of preventive work carried out by the internal affairs bodies with minors who commit offenses at transport infrastructure facilities. The article draws attention to the peculiarities and causes of juvenile delinquency. The authors propose methods for the prevention of juvenile delinquency at transport facilities and measures for the prevention of antisocial, dangerous, criminal behavior of minors. In the article, the authors draw conclusions aimed primarily at the direct prevention of neglect and delinquency of minors in an extremely dangerous social situation.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF PROBATION REGARDING JUVENILE OFFENDERS

Juvenile justice is increasingly perceived as a system of preventing the causes of juvenile crime in Ukrainian society. This leads to the modernization of the system of crime prevention among children. Many options were proposed to improve domestic preventive measures based on a critical analysis of the preventive components of juvenile delinquency prevention. The main task of this article is to highlight the problems of the probation service and to consider and analyze the preventive measures of probation for juvenile offenders. According to the Law of Ukraine "On Probation" probation is a system of supervisory and social-educational measures applied by a court decision and in accordance with the law to convicts, execution of certain types of criminal punishments not related to deprivation of liberty, and providing the court with information, which characterizes the accused. The purpose of probation is to ensure public safety by correcting offenders, preventing them from re-offending, and providing the court with information about the characteristics of the accused in order to determine their level of responsibility. The main principles of probation: justice, legality, the inevitability of punishment, respect for the rights and freedoms of citizens, respect for human dignity, equality before the law, confidentiality, impartiality, cooperation and interaction of state and local self-government bodies. Therefore, the probation system should be part of the juvenile justice system, as a set of measures that can be applied to a person found guilty, if he is sentenced to a certain term of imprisonment or other responsibility, in order to establish certain limits and obligations regarding the offender for the purpose of social rehabilitation. Therefore, the probation system should be a part of the juvenile justice system as a set of measures that are applied to a person found guilty by the courts of committing a crime. In recent years, the state authorities of Ukraine, scientists and individual public organizations have taken serious steps towards the implementation of state policy in the field of criminal-executive relations. In this area, many normative legal acts and legislative initiatives have been adopted. Several draft laws on the humanization of criminal law have been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, including through the introduction of probation. The results of the research show that the complexity of the resocialization process requires special knowledge of psychology and social work from probation officers.

Исследование мотивации противоправного имущественного поведения несовершеннолетних правонарушителей

The article presents the results of a study of the need-motivation sphere of juvenile offenders who have committed crimes against property. The purpose of the study is to study the structure of criminal motivation of adolescents and young men who have experience in committing property crimes, to establish their leading motives and actualized needs that are satisfied in the process of committing theft. As the main psychodiagnostic material, the author's specialized projective technique for diagnosing the motives of delinquent property behavior of minors, based on the complex use of the possibilities of interpretive and additive projective techniques, is applied. 82 juvenile offenders registered in juvenile affairs units for committing crimes against property took part in the study. The results of the study allowed us to determine the significance of each type of motives in the structure of criminal motivation of juvenile offenders: the dominance of a potential criminal selfish motive was established, which the diagnosed showed more often and more intensively than others; the leading motivating value of a potential security motive was revealed; a significant role of potential motives for self-affirmation and self-esteem enhancement was established; the significance of potential criminal motives of envy, revenge, playful and humane, as not having, in general, a decisive influence on criminal behavior, but prevailing in the need-motivational sphere of individual offenders, has been established; situationally significant influence of the physiological motive has been revealed. The study also showed that juvenile offenders are not characterized by avoidance of illegal behavior, a desire to minimize the damage caused or to apologize to the victim. The results of the study of the criminal motivation of juvenile offenders, conducted for the first time using a specialized projective technique that allows leveling the factor of insincerity of the subjects, allow all subjects of the prevention of juvenile delinquency to carry out preventive measures taking into account the characteristics of the motivational components of the personality of juvenile offenders.

Specialized Education System for Delinquent Juveniles in China

The recent momentum of the increase in the juvenile delinquency and crime rate in China is undoubtedly concerning. This article aims to introduce and discuss the specialized education system in China that has been established for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. It begins by presenting the general trends of juvenile delinquency in recent years and analyzing the reasons and insights hidden in these trends. Then, this article elaborates on the specialized education system, including “(regular) specialized education” in a narrow sense and “specialized correctional education.” In conclusion, the challenges to the practical operation of the specialized education system in the future are discussed.

Проблемы профилактики преступности среди несовершеннолетних

Introduction. The current state of the Russian Federation is characterized by an increase in the social disadvantage of a significant part of the population, which aggravates the situation in its socio-economic, spiritual, and moral spheres. These factors determine increase in crime. To date, the prevention of juvenile delinquency is one of the most pressing issues in the police activities. In this regard, it is necessary to name the purpose of the study, which is aimed at reviewing and studying preventive work carried out with minors to prevent crime. Methods. The methodological framework for the study is the general scientific dialectical method. The methods of induction and deduction used have contributed to obtaining most of the formulated conclusions. Results. Based on the research on the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the authors have comprehensively reviewed some aspects of preventive activities, identified the problems related to the prevention of offenses in this area, and formulated ways to solve them. Conclusions. As a result of the study, the role of the family and teachers in the prevention of juvenile delinquency, which is one of priorities in their activities, has been identified; the main factors contributing to crimes in this area, as well as methods of prevention, and its types are defined.

Orodek kuratorski w kierunku optymalnego modelu postpowania z nieletnimi

The Article sets out the legal bases for the enforcement of the child-rearing measure with a view to transfer to a probation center. The objectives of the work of probation centres were described and the primary function of probation centres was also discussed re-socialisation in the sense of a triad of re-socialisation readaptation reintegration and other functions of probation centres. The areas described are set out in the context of the objectives of dealing with minors, which formally include the prevention of demoralization, the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the creation of living conditions for minors who have violated legal and social norms, and efforts to strengthen the care and education function and the responsibility of parents for their work. Education of minors. Subsequently, criteria were developed for the optimal handling of minors and their implementation in a probation institution.